Circumvent



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 绕行;用计谋战胜, 规避
• ［英］ v. 绕行; 用计谋战胜, 规避 ( to get the better of or prevent from happening by craft or ingenuity)
• ［记］ circum ( 绕圈) +vent ( 来) -> 绕着圈过来 -> 回避, 用计谋

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

• Etymology: Latin circumventus, past participle of circumvenire, from circum- + venire to come — more at come
• Date: 1539
• 1.
  • a. to hem in
  • b. to make a circuit around
• 2. to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem <the setup circumvented the red tape — Lynne McTaggart
• ? circumvention noun

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